Domenico da Cortona
Illustration — Domenico's Hôtel de Ville in Paris, as drawn by Jacques Cellier Domenico da Cortona called "Boccador" (ca 1465 – ca 1549) was an Italian architect, a pupil of Giuliano da Sangallo. He was brought to France by Charles VIII and remained in the service of François I. His design for the royal Château de Chambord, represented in a wooden model, survived into the seventeenth century but responsibility for the design is also given to Leonardo da Vinci, who was at the royal court at Amboise at the same time, and the actual construction, during which much was improvised, was under the on-site supervision of Pierre Nepveu. Domiciled at Blois.
Also recorded as Becalor · Domenico Cortonensi · Domenico Bernabei · Dominique de Courtonne
Domenico da Cortona
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- Died
- 1549 · Paris.
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- France
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- architect · engineer · model maker · joiner
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- Giuliano da Sangallo
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- Hôtel de Ville and Paris
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- French · Italian
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Illustration — Domenico's Hôtel de Ville in Paris, as drawn by Jacques Cellier Domenico da Cortona called "Boccador" (ca 1465 – ca 1549) was an Italian architect, a pupil of Giuliano da Sangallo. He was brought to France by Charles VIII and remained in the service of François I. His design for the royal Château de Chambord, represented in a wooden model, survived into the seventeenth century but responsibility for the design is also given to Leonardo da Vinci, who was at the royal court at Amboise at the same time, and the actual construction, during which much was improvised, was under the on-site supervision of Pierre Nepveu. Domiciled at Blois.
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He was at Amboise, responsible for design planning in festivities marking the birth of the dauphin in April 1518. He also supervised military engineering works at the châteaux of Tournai and Ardres. Domenico is sometimes credited with designing the Église Saint-Eustache in Paris, although other architects have also been suggested. The Hôtel de Ville of Paris, destroyed during the Commune, 24 May 1871, bore an inscription ending Domenico Cortonensi architectante. The standard monograph is P. Lesueur, Dominique de Cortone dit Boccador (Paris) 1928.
Training under Giuliano da Sangallo is recorded. The recorded working language is French and Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are France. Works named in the authority record are Hôtel de Ville, Paris. Work by Domenico da Cortona is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum.
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1470
Domenico da Cortona born at Cortona.
1549
Domenico da Cortona died at Paris.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q2361926: Domenico da Cortona
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- Getty Union List of Artist Names 500115865, Domenico da Cortona.
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- 1."Golden Mouth" suggests a man of considerable persuasive charm.
- 2.A pupil of Sangallo according to Pierre-Jean Mariette, who gives a family name Bernabei in his Abecedario.
- 3.It was drawn by André Félibien for his Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire des maisons royalles (1681), noted by Hidemichi Tanaka, "Leonardo da Vinci, Architect of Chambord?" Artibus et Historiae 13.25 (1992, pp. 85-102) p. 102v note 3.
- 4.J. Guillaume, "Léonard de Vinci, Dominique de Cortone, et l'éscalier du modèle en bois de Chambord" Gazette des Beaux-Arts 81 (February 1968) pp 93-108.
- 5.Fletcher, Banister and Palmes, J.C. A History of Architecture Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975. , p. 908
- 6.Andrew Ayers, The Architecture of Paris, Stuttgart: Axel Menges, 2004, , p. 52. Ayers says the architect of Saint-Eustache is unknown, but mentions Jean Delamarre and Pierre Le Mercier as likely candidates. He does not mention Domenico da Cortona.
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Getty Union List of Artist Names 500115865, Domenico da Cortona.The Getty Research Institute
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The authorities additionally record the headings Becalor, Domenico Cortonensi, Domenico Bernabei, Dominique de Courtonne and Dominique de Cortone. His recorded languages were French and Italian.
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